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Newton's Parakeet
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Credit: (c) Steve Milpacher
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Did You Know?
Early explorers to the island of Rodrigues described this parrot as "abundant and good to eat".
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Not AvailableSpecies Profile
Genus:Psittacula
Species:
exsul
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 40cm (15.6 in) | Not available |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Male-probably green, with red wing patches; also a blue morph in which the general plumage was blue/green with a grey wash; breast, abdomen and undertail coverts slightly paler; head darker in colour and without grey wash; thin black line between cere and eye; black stripes to cheek and black thin band to neck linking with blue/green band; primary feathers green/blue; upperparts to tail blue/green; underparts grey; upper mandible red, lower black. Eye yellow. Female-narrow black stripe to forehead; black stripes to cheek not extending to neck; crown suffused with gray; upper mandible black.
Colourization Juvenile: Undescribed
Call: Not available
Recent Academic Research: Google Scholar - search results
Content Sources:
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1531&m=0
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_Parakeet
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